diff --git a/ansible/roles/neutron/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/neutron/defaults/main.yml
index d64f033ce7..3f5833b409 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/neutron/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/neutron/defaults/main.yml
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ neutron_agent_dimensions_python2:
       hard: 16384
 
 neutron_agent_dimensions: >-
-  {{ default_container_dimensions | combine(neutron_agent_dimensions_python2 if distro_python_version | version_compare('3.0', '<') else {}) }}
+  {{ default_container_dimensions | combine(neutron_agent_dimensions_python2 if distro_python_version is version('3.0', '<') else {}) }}
 
 neutron_dhcp_agent_dimensions: "{{ neutron_agent_dimensions }}"
 neutron_l3_agent_dimensions: "{{ neutron_agent_dimensions }}"